Anduril
Senior Mechanical Engineer: Optical Payloads, Space
$183K–$243K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 11, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of mechanical design experience.
- Education
- BS or higher degree in engineering or hard science.
About the job
Designs and develops opto-mechanical space payloads from concept through launch, testing, and production.
What you'll do
- Create payload designs and run structural, thermal, optical-performance, and tolerance analyses.
- Own subsystem engineering, including vendor and test-site work, test planning, interface management, and design reviews.
- Build and test prototypes, transition successful designs to flight hardware, document technical work, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- BS or higher degree in engineering or hard science.
- Ability to obtain and hold U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
- 5+ years of mechanical design experience and a demonstrated track record of success.
- Experience with opto-mechanical materials, tolerance stack-ups and alignments, qualification testing, CAD and GD&T drawings, hands-on fabrication, and high-reliability design.
Nice to have
- Experience in NX/Teamcenter.
- Experience integrating electronic components into mechanical designs; coding or structural/thermal testing experience is also preferred.
Pay
$183,000 — $243,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
NX/Teamcenter, Python, MATLAB, C++, GD&T
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